KANZHUN (BZ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

KANZHUN Limited operates BOSS Zhipin, an online recruitment platform in China that connects job seekers with employers. The platform supports recruitment across a range of industries and company sizes, helping users discover employment opportunities and allowing businesses to identify and communicate with potential candidates.

BOSS Zhipin is designed around direct communication between job seekers and recruiters, with mobile and online tools for searching positions, reviewing candidate or employer information, initiating conversations, and managing recruitment activities. The company also uses data-driven and artificial-intelligence technologies to support job and candidate matching and improve the efficiency of the hiring process.

Founded in 2014, KANZHUN is headquartered in Beijing, China, and primarily serves the Chinese employment market. The company is led by founder and Chief Executive Officer Zhao Peng. KANZHUN completed its initial public offering on the Nasdaq under the symbol BZ in 2021.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $15.89 to $16.21
• 50-Day Range: $14.11 to $18.84
• 52-Week Range: $12.57 to $22.81
• Volume: 5.26 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.97 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.67 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.31
• Dividend Yield: 3.17%
• Price Target: $19.33
• Consensus Rating: Hold

KANZHUN Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

KANZHUN scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 142nd out of 659 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

KANZHUN has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.40, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

KANZHUN has a consensus price target of $19.33, representing about 20.2% upside from its current price of $16.09.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

KANZHUN has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for KANZHUN are expected to grow by 13.00% in the coming year, from $1.00 to $1.13 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of KANZHUN is 17.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 35.99.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of KANZHUN is 17.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.61.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

KANZHUN has a PEG Ratio of 1.72. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

KANZHUN has a P/B Ratio of 2.34. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.20% of the float of KANZHUN has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

KANZHUN has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.61, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in KANZHUN has recently decreased by 0.88%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

KANZHUN pays a meaningful dividend of 3.17%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

KANZHUN does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of KANZHUN is 35.92%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, KANZHUN will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.13% next year. This indicates that KANZHUN will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.45

News Sentiment

KANZHUN has a news sentiment score of 1.45. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for KANZHUN this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, KANZHUN insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $121,583,960.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

60.67% of the stock of KANZHUN is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/14/2026
• Record date for 10/14 Dividend: 9/28/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/14 Dividend: 9/28/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/17/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Professional Services
• Sub-Industry: Human Resource & Employment Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:BZ
• CIK: 1842827
• Web: ir.zhipin.com
• Phone: 86-10-8462-8340
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 4,884
• Year Founded: 2014

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for KANZHUN: $19.33
• High Price Target: $20.00
• Low Price Target: $19.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +20.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.40
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.42
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.31
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.09
• P/E Growth: 1.72
• Net Income: $391.15 million
• Net Margins: 53.16%
• Pretax Margin: 66.77%
• Return on Equity: 15.03%
• Return on Assets: 12.02%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 4.19
• Quick Ratio: 4.19

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.18 billion
• Price / Sales: 5.65
• Cash Flow: $1.21 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.26
• Book Value: $6.87 per share
• Price / Book: 2.34

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 414,800,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $6.67 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.50